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Minister of Health Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic updates nation

Barbados Today February 17, 2021 Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic today addressed the recent death of a nine-year-old girl as a result of complications related to COVID-19 and updated the nation on the COVID-19 situation.     Minister of Health and Wellness   Good morning, I speak to you today, against the backdrop of a few recent tragic and unsettling developments in our going battle to contain, manage and significantly reduce incidents of Covid-19 infections in our country.   First, i would wish to add my voice to the national outpouring of shock and sadness, following the untimely passing of a nine year old child, due to complications associated with the Covid-19 virus. As usual the purveyors of mischief and misinformation asot it wrong in terms of the handling of this particular case by medical personnel. Dr. Clyde Cave is in attendance and will go into further detail on that particular matter, immediately after my opening

Govt lab ready to clear test backlog - Barbados Today

Govt lab ‘ready to clear test backlog’ Article by February 16, 2021 The Government public health laboratory, the epicentre of COVID-19 testing, is back to full capacity, and expects to clear the backlog of just over 1,800 results in a matter of days, Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic said Monday. Barbados had finally been able to source the reagent along with a critical binding agent needed for automatic extraction to be conducted at the Best-Dos Santos laboratory, he revealed. He said Guyana had provided the binding agent, which was expected to arrive on the island Monday evening through the Regional Security System (RSS).

Government to step up viral tracing ability

Government to step up viral tracing ability Article by February 16, 2021 Government is moving to enable the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory to conduct continuous genomic surveillance to detect the presence of other strains of the novel coronavirus on the island, Senior Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health Dr Anton Best has disclosed. The effort was immediately backed by Prime Minister Mia Mottley during the latest COVID-19 update at Ilaro Court. Dr Best said that based on a meeting on Saturday with health officials, including representatives from the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners, to examine issues surrounding the lab, the recommendation was made to the wider Emergency Operations Centre on Sunday to do continuous genomic surveillance.

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